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Okarche High School announced its February 2025 Lion and Lioness. These students are considered for things such as having positive attitudes, compassion and teamwork. Recognized were seniors Jaylan Candy-Fire and Katy Cresswell. [Photo by Jordyn Darst, Okarche Yearbook Staff]

Okarche Elementary School recently joined the nationwide celebration of Read Across America Week, an initiative aimed at fostering a love for reading among students.

When people drive or walk by the Kingfisher County Courthouse in April, they’ll notice more than two dozen wooden cutouts of children adorning the lawn.It’s a number too high for what it represents.April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Kingfisher County students will be soon be letting their creative talents shine at the annual Kingfisher County Fine Arts Festival.Celebrating its 76th anniversary, the festival will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, April 1-2, at Kingfisher and Hennessey.

The annual Lenten Community Service series sponsored by the Kingfisher Ministerial Alliance has begun and will run through April 16.Each of the weekly services will begin at noon with the exception of the final service on April 16 - and will be held at the Church of the Nazarene, 414 Hill Drive.

Several of you read my Big House memories in the last edition.It was basically some very basic and broad memories of the old building because there’s just not enough space in the newspaper to cover 28 years worth of recall.

District 2 County Commissioner Mike Sparks attended this month’s meeting of the Hennessey Board of Trustees about the town giving “a few more acres” to the county.Sparks said that would allow the county to have room to “stockpile supplies,” especially for emergencies.

Oklahoma Broadband Executive Director Mike Sanders of Kingfi sher was honored to be teamed up with Okarche eighth grader Blakeley Stevens at the Oklahoma Youth Expo showing.

County commissioners on Monday discussed with Sheriff Aaron Pitts about the possibility of hiring additional deputies to aid local school districts.